Collings v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL . DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA, JUDGE DAWSON, PARISH JUDGE, PRESIDING. This is an action on an account for work and labor done on the defendant’s house, in which the 'plaintiff claims a balance of one thousand and forty-two dollars, according to an account annexed.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL . DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA, JUDGE DAWSON, PARISH JUDGE, PRESIDING. This is an action on an account for work and labor done on the defendant’s house, in which the 'plaintiff claims a balance of one thousand and forty-two dollars, according to an account annexed. The plaintiff alleges that, at the instance of the defendant, he undertook to work on a dwelling-house already begun, and that he employed men to assist him, whose joint labor and work is worth the sum of one thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars, on…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover one thousand and forty-two dollars, the value of work and labor done on a dwelling-house erected for defendant. The defence is, that the work is executed defectively, unskillfully, and in violation of defendant’s instructions; that, by reason thereof, plaintiff is not entitled to one half of the amount claimed ; defendant, moreover, claims the wages of four negro carpenters that he placed under the order and control of plaintiff, while he - was working on said building.
The plaintiff obtained a verdict. Having failed in an eff°rt 1° set it aside, the defendant…
2Cited by1 opinion
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